Lead Software Engineer - Application Owner & Release Manager

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require a bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• We require hands-on experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability in an agile environment.
• We require proficiency in Python and Java.
• We require proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, including continuous integration and continuous deployment practices.
• We require working knowledge of cloud-native delivery on Amazon Web Services, including object storage, compute, containers, and managed data processing services.
• We require understanding of technology risk, controls, and compliance concepts, including identity and access management and audit readiness.
• We require demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools, including setting expectations to validate AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• We require strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations.
• We require the ability to understand an application end-to-end, including dependencies, data flows, and deployment topology.
• We require strong organization, prioritization, and communication skills, with the ability to influence partners without direct authority.
• We require comfort operating in ambiguity and translating broad mandates into an actionable backlog.

Responsibilities:

• We own application governance and records by maintaining accurate system-of-record information, certifications, and remediation workflows.
• We drive permit-to-operate activities by coordinating required inputs, re-certifications, and stakeholder responses to move changes safely into production.
• We monitor and remediate risk findings by assessing impact, prioritizing actions with engineering teams, and driving closure within agreed timelines.
• We approve access and control activities by enforcing least privilege, segregation of duties, and periodic access reviews in partnership with control owners.
• We own resiliency and recovery readiness by maintaining recovery plans, supporting resiliency events, and partnering on testing and evidence collection.
• We manage technology lifecycle work by identifying end-of-life or prohibited components and coordinating upgrades across dependencies and teams.
• We lead firmwide initiatives and non-functional tasks by maintaining a consolidated view, clarifying requirements, and tracking completion.
• We lead release management by aligning stakeholders, managing dependencies and risk, and overseeing readiness, deployment, and post-release validation.
• We develop secure, high-quality production code and contribute to technical troubleshooting, reviews, and continuous improvement.
• We drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes, while setting consistent validation standards and promoting reuse of effective patterns.
• We apply software development lifecycle toolchain knowledge, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to increase the value realized through automation.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• Marketing
• Python
• Security
• Web
• Databricks
• Machine Learning

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We are J.P. Morgan, a global leader in financial services providing strategic advice and products to corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. Our Corporate Functions teams span finance, risk, human resources, marketing, and other essential areas that help set our businesses, clients, customers, and employees up for success. We value inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity, and we support reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. This full-time role sits within our Wholesale Credit Risk Technology Analytics team and offers the opportunity to work across engineering, cyber, risk, resiliency, cloud, data, and software engineering in a highly regulated environment where we build trusted, long-term partnerships and deliver stable, scalable cloud-native analytics.

last updated 37 week of 2026